Where does “nelik” come from?

nelik (Estonian) comes from Estonian neli, from Proto-Finnic neljä, from Proto-Uralic neljä — four.

nelik (Estonian): quadruplet; group of four; four of a kind

Definitions

  1. quadruplet; group of four; four of a kind

Ancestry of “nelik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniannelifour
2Proto-Finnicneljäfour
3Proto-Uralicneljäfour
Every word from Proto-Uralic neljä →Every word from Proto-Finnic neljä →Every word from Estonian neli →